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Microsoft 365 Personal With Copilot Is Now Free for Students for One Year
Microsoft is giving college students free access to the Microsoft 365 Personal plan with Copilot for 12 months, expanding its usual three-month trial. Eligible undergraduate and postgraduate students can claim the offer until November 30. The plan supports up to five devices and includes premium Office apps, Copilot features such as Deep Research a...
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Vulnerable to Zero-Click EchoLeak Exploit, Cybersecurity Researchers Say
Microsoft 365 Copilot, the enterprise-focused artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that works across Office apps, is vulnerable to a zero-click vulnerability. As per a cybersecurity firm, a flaw existed in the chatbot that could be triggered via a simple text email to hack into it. Once the chatbot was hacked, it could then be made to retrieve sens...
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Microsoft Testing a Free, Ad-Supported Version of Microsoft 365 Desktop Apps
Microsoft is testing an ad-supported free tier for the Microsoft 365 Copilot or Office apps. Typically, these apps are only accessible to those who purchase the Microsoft 365 subscription. However, some users are now seeing an option to opt for a free version that offers limited features and ads. Currently, the Redmond-based tech giant is only offe...
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Microsoft to Separate Teams and Office Globally Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the US tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Microsoft To Separate Teams And Office To Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Zoom Discussed Alleged Microsoft Anti-Competitive Behaviour With US, EU Regulators: Report
Zoom has discussed concerns over rival Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according to a Bloomberg News report. The video meeting software maker reportedly met US, EU, and UK competition enforcers over the past year. Microsoft recently announced it would unbundle Teams from the company's Office productivity software amid an EU antitrus...
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Microsoft to Unbundle Teams From Office Product to Avert EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will unbundle its chat and video app Teams from its Office product and make it easier for rival products to work with its software, the US company said on Thursday in a move aimed at staving off a possible EU antitrust fine. The proposed changes came a month after the European Commission launched an investigation into Microsoft's tying of...
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EU Antitrust Body to Investigate Microsoft Over Teams' Inclusion in Office Bundle
EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Microsoft's tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, saying that this could be anti-competitive. The move by the European Commission followed a complaint by Salesforce-owned Slack in 2020 and after the US tech giant's offer of remedies failed to address the EU competition en...
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Microsoft Hit With EU Antitrust Complaint From German Rival Over Teams' Inclusion to Office Bundle
Microsoft was hit with an EU antitrust complaint by German rival alfaview on Thursday, the second so far over its bundling of video app Teams into its Office product, as the bloc's regulator prepares to investigate the US tech giant.
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Microsoft Said to Have Offered to Charge for Its Office Product to Address EU Antitrust Concerns
Microsoft has offered to charge different prices for its Office product with and without its Teams app to stave off a possible EU antitrust investigation and fine, two people familiar with the matter said. Microsoft has been seeking to address the EU competition enforcer's concerns since last year after Salesforce-owned workspace messaging app Slac...
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ChatGPT Ban in Italy Attracts EU Privacy Regulators From France, Ireland: All Details
ChatGPT was recently blocked by OpenAI in Italy after the country's privacy regulator temporarily banned the generative AI service. Now, other European countries are also studying if coordinated efforts and harsher measures are needed to rein in chatbots that use artificial intelligence.
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AI-Assisted Artistic Works May Be Copyright Eligible in Some Cases, US Copyright Office Says
The US Copyright Office on Wednesday stated that some AI-assisted artistic works could be eligible for copyright, while issuing new guidance that stated that the most popular AI systems likely do not create copyrightable work. Generative AI systems like Midjourney, ChatGPT, and DALL-E have grown in popularity due to their ability to generate images...
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Microsoft to Preview AI Features Inspired by ChatGPT for Word, PowerPoint and Outlook: Report
Microsoft is said to be preparing to demonstrate AI-powered capabilities for its Microsoft Office apps: Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. The company is reportedly working on integrating advanced technology from OpenAI with the ability to generate content and other data based on machine learning technlogy from the San Francisco startup.
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Microsoft 365 Personal With Copilot Is Now Free for Students for One Year
Microsoft is giving college students free access to the Microsoft 365 Personal plan with Copilot for 12 months, expanding its usual three-month trial. Eligible undergraduate and postgraduate students can claim the offer until November 30. The plan supports up to five devices and includes premium Office apps, Copilot features such as Deep Research a...
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Vulnerable to Zero-Click EchoLeak Exploit, Cybersecurity Researchers Say
Microsoft 365 Copilot, the enterprise-focused artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that works across Office apps, is vulnerable to a zero-click vulnerability. As per a cybersecurity firm, a flaw existed in the chatbot that could be triggered via a simple text email to hack into it. Once the chatbot was hacked, it could then be made to retrieve sens...
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Microsoft Testing a Free, Ad-Supported Version of Microsoft 365 Desktop Apps
Microsoft is testing an ad-supported free tier for the Microsoft 365 Copilot or Office apps. Typically, these apps are only accessible to those who purchase the Microsoft 365 subscription. However, some users are now seeing an option to opt for a free version that offers limited features and ads. Currently, the Redmond-based tech giant is only offe...
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Microsoft to Separate Teams and Office Globally Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the US tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Microsoft To Separate Teams And Office To Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Zoom Discussed Alleged Microsoft Anti-Competitive Behaviour With US, EU Regulators: Report
Zoom has discussed concerns over rival Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according to a Bloomberg News report. The video meeting software maker reportedly met US, EU, and UK competition enforcers over the past year. Microsoft recently announced it would unbundle Teams from the company's Office productivity software amid an EU antitrus...
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Microsoft to Unbundle Teams From Office Product to Avert EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will unbundle its chat and video app Teams from its Office product and make it easier for rival products to work with its software, the US company said on Thursday in a move aimed at staving off a possible EU antitrust fine. The proposed changes came a month after the European Commission launched an investigation into Microsoft's tying of...
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EU Antitrust Body to Investigate Microsoft Over Teams' Inclusion in Office Bundle
EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Microsoft's tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, saying that this could be anti-competitive. The move by the European Commission followed a complaint by Salesforce-owned Slack in 2020 and after the US tech giant's offer of remedies failed to address the EU competition en...
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Microsoft Hit With EU Antitrust Complaint From German Rival Over Teams' Inclusion to Office Bundle
Microsoft was hit with an EU antitrust complaint by German rival alfaview on Thursday, the second so far over its bundling of video app Teams into its Office product, as the bloc's regulator prepares to investigate the US tech giant.
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Microsoft Said to Have Offered to Charge for Its Office Product to Address EU Antitrust Concerns
Microsoft has offered to charge different prices for its Office product with and without its Teams app to stave off a possible EU antitrust investigation and fine, two people familiar with the matter said. Microsoft has been seeking to address the EU competition enforcer's concerns since last year after Salesforce-owned workspace messaging app Slac...
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ChatGPT Ban in Italy Attracts EU Privacy Regulators From France, Ireland: All Details
ChatGPT was recently blocked by OpenAI in Italy after the country's privacy regulator temporarily banned the generative AI service. Now, other European countries are also studying if coordinated efforts and harsher measures are needed to rein in chatbots that use artificial intelligence.
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AI-Assisted Artistic Works May Be Copyright Eligible in Some Cases, US Copyright Office Says
The US Copyright Office on Wednesday stated that some AI-assisted artistic works could be eligible for copyright, while issuing new guidance that stated that the most popular AI systems likely do not create copyrightable work. Generative AI systems like Midjourney, ChatGPT, and DALL-E have grown in popularity due to their ability to generate images...
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Microsoft to Preview AI Features Inspired by ChatGPT for Word, PowerPoint and Outlook: Report
Microsoft is said to be preparing to demonstrate AI-powered capabilities for its Microsoft Office apps: Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. The company is reportedly working on integrating advanced technology from OpenAI with the ability to generate content and other data based on machine learning technlogy from the San Francisco startup.
